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Meaning of "professor" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PROFESSOR

From Medieval Latin: one who has made his profession in a religious order, from Latin: a public teacher.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PROFESSOR

professor  [prəˈfɛsə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROFESSOR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Professor is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PROFESSOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Professor

A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences, a teacher of high rank. In much of the world, including most Commonwealth nations and northern Europe, professor is reserved only for the most senior academics at a university, typically a department chair, or an awarded chair specifically bestowed recognizing an individual at a university or similar institution. A professor is a highly accomplished and recognized academic, and the title is in most cases awarded only after decades of scholarly work to senior academics. In the United States and Canada, the title of professor is granted to a larger percentage, about a quarter, of scholars with doctorate degrees or equivalent qualifications who teach in two- and four-year colleges and universities, and is used in the titles assistant professor and associate professor, which are not considered professor-level positions in many other countries, as well as for full professors.

Definition of professor in the English dictionary

The first definition of professor in the dictionary is the principal lecturer or teacher in a field of learning at a university or college; a holder of a university chair. Other definition of professor is a person who claims skill and instructs others in some sport, occupation, etc. Professor is also a person who professes his opinions, beliefs, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROFESSOR


aggressor
əˈɡrɛsə
assessor
əˈsɛsə
cesser
ˈsɛsə
compressor
kəmˈprɛsə
confessor
kənˈfɛsə
decompressor
ˌdiːkəmˈprɛsə
dresser
ˈdrɛsə
finesser
fɪˈnɛsə
hairdresser
ˈhɛəˌdrɛsə
lesser
ˈlɛsə
microprocessor
ˌmaɪkrəʊˈprəʊsɛsə
Odessa
əʊˈdɛsə
predecessor
ˈpriːdɪˌsɛsə
presser
ˈprɛsə
processor
ˈprəʊsɛsə
repressor
rɪˈprɛsə
successor
səkˈsɛsə
suppressor
səˈprɛsə
TESSA
ˈtɛsə
vanessa
vəˈnɛsə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROFESSOR

professional army
professional association
professional foul
Professional Golfers´ Association
professional misconduct
professional school
professionalisation
professionalise
professionalism
professionalist
professionalization
professionalize
professionally
professorate
professoress
professorial
professorially
professoriat
professoriate
professorship

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROFESSOR

antecessor
assistant professor
associate professor
axial-flow compressor
college professor
Edward the Confessor
food processor
full professor
lessor
multiprocessor
nutty professor
oppressor
preprocessor
pressor
regressor
scissor
stressor
tongue depressor
transgressor
visiting professor
word processor

Synonyms and antonyms of professor in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PROFESSOR»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «professor» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of professor
don · fellow · prof

Translation of «professor» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROFESSOR

Find out the translation of professor to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of professor from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «professor» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

教授
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

profesor
570 millions of speakers

English

professor
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रोफेसर
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

أُسْتَاذ جَامِعِي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

профессор
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

catedrático
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অধ্যাপক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

professeur d’université
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Profesor
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Professor
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

教授
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

교수
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Profesor
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giáo sư
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பேராசிரியர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्राध्यापक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

profesör
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

professore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

profesor
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

професор
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

profesor
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

καθηγητής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

professor
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

professor
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

professor
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of professor

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROFESSOR»

The term «professor» is very widely used and occupies the 4.028 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROFESSOR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «professor» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «professor» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about professor

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10 QUOTES WITH «PROFESSOR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word professor.
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Anant Agarwal
We already have a professor who's using an online social network of MIT alums to help educate students in programming. Just imagine expanding that in Facebook-fashion to tens or hundreds of millions of people around the world.
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W. H. Auden
A professor is someone who talks in someone else's sleep.
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Tom Berenger
I guess if I weren't an actor, I'd be a history professor.
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Amit Bhatia
Here's what my CV usually does not say: I was trained as a teacher. My first job lasted less than 60 days. I was an assistant professor at a good college at Delhi University, but I found it very political, very suffocating. At the age of 23, you're not very tolerant of those things.
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Tom Bodett
Professor Al Drake encouraged me to just write the way I talk. I decided if that's what I needed to do, I didn't need to be in school to do it.
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Poppy Z. Brite
My mother is an office manager, my father a professor of economics and financial planner.
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Eric Carle
That's something I learned in art school. I studied graphic design in Germany, and my professor emphasized the responsibility that designers and illustrators have towards the people they create things for.
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John Henry Carver
Being appointed Elder professor meant very much taking over the shop, in that the professor in those days controlled all the moneys.
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Dana Carvey
We didn't even think about it, you know? I used to collect laser discs, and you'd have some college professor analyzing It's a Wonderful Life or Citizen Kane, and now it is pretty funny - the idea of commentary for a silly kid's movie, you know?
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Michael Cerveris
My father is a university professor so when the schools needed a little kid for their productions I was often the kid they used. The first time I was ever on stage was about 2nd grade.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROFESSOR»

Discover the use of professor in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to professor and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, ...
Hailed by the "New York Times" as "a fascinating, spicy, learned tale, " this runaway national bestseller takes an extraordinary look into literary genius, madness, and the making of the"Oxford English Dictionary."
Simon Winchester, 1999
2
My Freshman Year: What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student
Her discoveries about contemporary undergraduate culture are surprising and her observations are invaluable, making My Freshman Year essential reading for students, parents, faculty, and anyone interested in educational policy.
Rebekah Nathan, 2006
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Tomorrow's Professor: Preparing for Careers in Science and ...
There is no competition, there is a crying need, the book is interesting, well written, and comprehensive." —Michael Lightner, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, University of Colorado at Boulder "This book is a 'must read' for anyone ...
Richard M. Reis, 2012
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Theories of Human Learning: What the Professor Said
Both a serious academic text and a delightful story, this book offers a clear, readable look at a full range of learning theories from behavioral to cognitive.
Guy Lefrancois, 2011
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor
Ranging from major themes to literary models, narrative devices, and form, How to Read Literature Like a Professor is the perfect companion for making your reading experience more enriching, satisfying, and fun.
Thomas C. Foster, 2009
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Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities
Scattered among these are keys to unlocking the mysteries of Fermat's last theorem, the Poincaré Conjecture, chaos theory, and the P/NP problem for which a million dollar prize is on offer.
Ian Stewart, 2010
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Lessons from a Street-wise Professor: What You Won't Learn ...
"Lessons from a Street-Wise Professor" sheds light on what every successful musician knows but most music schools don't teach--that a musician, regardless of instrument or specialty, is a small business and with that comes the need for ...
Ramon Ricker, 2011
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The Curious Enlightenment of Professor Caritat: A Comedy of ...
Telling the story of the travels of a Professor Caritat, who is in search of the perfect world, Steven Lukes us on an irreverent romp through the history of western political philosophy.
Steven Lukes, 1996
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The Lecherous Professor: Sexual Harassment on Campus
Discusses sexual harassment on campus, and suggests actions students, parents, faculty, and administrators can take to combat it.
Billie Wright Dziech, 1990
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The Real Professor Higgins: The Life and Career of Daniel Jones
This volume presents a full-scale biography of Daniel Jones, a preeminent scholar and Britsih phonetician of the early 20th century, and the first linguist to hold a chair at a British university.
Beverley Collins, Inger M. Mees, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROFESSOR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term professor is used in the context of the following news items.
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Cambridge professor claims three leading climate scientists may …
A Cambridge professor has claimed that three scientists investigating the effect of global warming upon melting Arctic ice may have been ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
2
DMU professor elected a Fellow of the British Academy for her world …
A professor from De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) has joined an elite group of academics elected as a Fellow of the British Academy in ... «De Montfort University, Jul 15»
3
Professor awarded $1.35M for alleged unsafe, unethical cancer …
A jury awarded $1.35 million Monday to a professor who said he was ordered to work in unsafe conditions at the Beckman Research Institute at ... «MyNewsLA.com, Jul 15»
4
Syracuse professor creates tree bearing 40 types of fruit
Professor Sam Van Aken of Syracuse University has artfully grafted a tree that may appear unremarkable until the spring, when it blossoms with ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
5
Harvard Professor Now Says Venezuela Won't Escape Default in '16
Harvard University Professor Ricardo Hausmann last year questioned Venezuela's decision to keep paying bondholders as the country sank ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
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Apple Music is 'not a slam dunk antitrust case,' says law professor
It's the subject of a current FTC antitrust investigation, but according to Rutgers University law professor Michael Carrier, while it may be harsh, ... «Cult of Mac, Jul 15»
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Art college professor suggests makeover for brutalist Boston City Hall
Professor emeritus at Suffolk University, Harry Bartnick, proposes a sheath of glass for Boston's much contested 'béton brut' city hall building. (Design: Harry ... «Archinect, Jul 15»
8
Essay on being a junior professor at a campus where sexist …
Sometimes it was a suggestion that a religion professor who was also a Baptist minister actually wanted to be the pope. Sometimes it was a ... «Inside Higher Ed, Jul 15»
9
Activist professor urges rejection of US investor class action deal
A lawyer for Fordham Law School Professor Sean Griffith argued that the settlement of a class action brought on behalf of investors of Riverbed ... «Reuters, Jul 15»
10
LC Professor Wows Cycling Fans With Tour de France Timing …
Lynchburg, VA - A local physics professor has wowed cycling fans across the world with his Tour de France timing predictions. John Eric Goff ... «WSET, Jul 15»

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